System Requirements

The Identity Hub can be deployed as a SAAS Cloud Service or App Service in an Azure Cloud environment.
It can also be deployed on-premises, on physical servers or on a virtual machine in any public or private cloud (IAAS)

Azure SAAS Cloud Service deployment

Cloud Service

The Identity Hub requires a Cloud Service with two (for failover) Small Standard_A1 Web Server roles instances. It is recommended to have a Staging and Production slot to facilitate updates with no downtime. A Cloud Service deployment package will be provided to configure the Cloud Service.

A SSL certificate with matching DNS hostname must be provided to enable SSL with a custom domain.

It is recommended to configure the Cloud Service to autoscale.

Azure SQL Server

The Identity Hub requires a Azure SQL Server Standard S1 database instance. A script will be provided to configure the database.

Note

The Identity Hub hosted in a Cloud Service can also work with a SQL Server database that is not hosted on a Azure SQL Server. For requirements see On-premises and Virtual Machine deployment

Azure SAAS App Service deployment

App Service

The Identity Hub requires a App Service with two (for failover) Standard S1 server instances. It is recommended to have a Staging and Production slot to facilitate updates with no downtime.

A SSL certificate with matching DNS hostname must be provided to enable SSL with a custom domain.

It is recommend to configure the App Service to autoscale.

Azure SQL Server

The Identity Hub requires a Azure SQL Server Standard S1 database instance. A script will be provided to configure the database.

Note

The Identity Hub hosted in a Cloud Service can also work with a SQL Server database that is not hosted on a Azure SQL Server. For requirements see On-premises and Virtual Machine deployment

On-premises and Virtual Machine deployment

Software Requirements

SQL server

Supported:

  • SQL Server 2014 with SP2 (supported until 10/2019)
  • SQL Server 2016 with SP2 (recommended)
  • SQL Server 2017

Web Server

  • Windows Server 2016 + IIS 10.0 (recommended)
  • .NET 4.5.2/4.6.1 (supported until 12/2018) or .NET 4.6.2/4.7.2 (recommended)
  • IIS

SMTP Server

  • Any SMTP server that can be used to send mail from the web server.

Hardware Requirements

SQL Server

  • Minimum: 2GB RAM, CPU: 1 Core
  • Recommended: 4GB RAM, CPU: 2 Core
  • Database size: 1GB

Web Server

  • Minimum: 2GB RAM, CPU: 1 Core
  • Recommended: 4GB RAM, CPU: 2 Core
  • 60 MB for The Identity Hub Application
  • Log directory: 1-10 GB (max size application logging configurable)

Topology

Minimum

  • 1 Web Server (DMZ)
  • SQL Server (LAN)
  • 2 Web Servers in Load Balancing or Failover (DMZ)
  • 1 SQL Server (LAN)

HTTPS/SSL

  • SSL certificate for The Identity Hub IIS Web Site matching the host header (SHA-256 TLS).
  • Non-HTTPS site is not supported.